Adjustable bracket or standard for hay or stock racks or the like.



G. F. BAUER.

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET 0R STANDARD FOR HAY 0R STOCK RACKS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 25. 1916- Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

, GEORGE E. BAUER, on LiNWQOD, NEW YORK.

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ADJUSTABLE BRACKET R STANDARD FOB HAY 0R STOCK RACKS OR THEIJKE.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25,1916. Serial No. 86,761.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linwood, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Adjustable Brackets or Standards for Hay or Stock Racks or the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in standards for hay racks or the like and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character having, novel and improved means whereby the same may be easily and readily applied to or detached from the side of a wagon fi-body and which consists of two pivotally connected members havlng coactmg means i better understood, I will now proceed to whereby one of said members may be automatically locked in various positions.

The invention consists in the details .of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved standard whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isan elevational view of a standard constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, the adjacent side of the body being shown in section, a second position of the movable member of the standard being indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially 011 the line 22 of Fig. 1 with the side of the wagon body omitted.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the supporting member of my improved standard which is adapted to overlie the outer face of the side S of a wagon body, and the upper end of said member 1 is provided with the downwardly disposed body side receiving hook 2. The member 1 is also provided with the longitudinally disposed outstanding flange 3 which is cut away, as at 4:, for the purpose of lightening the member 1 yet affording a maximum 'of'strength, and the upper extremity of the flange 3 member 1 to afford an ear 5 with which is pivotally engaged the lower extremity of the elongated member 6 to which top extends "above the boards or the like are adapted to be secured. a

The outer face of the member 6 is provided with the longitudinally disposed rib 7 having produced therein the longitudinally directed slot 8 'arrangedon a predetermined curvature and having in communicatlon therewlth ntermedlateits length the branch slots 9 disposed inwardly relative to the member 6, and the inner or lower end maintainedin a vertical position and that when the bolt 1% is positioned in the branches 9 of the slot 8, the member 6 will be supported at various angles of inclination.

The brace affordedby the bars 12 are constantly urged outwardly through the med- 'ium of the expansible member 15 herein disclosed as a conventional coil spring interposed between the member 1 and the bars 12 at a point above their pivotal connection 11. As herein disclosed, the expans'ible member 15 coacts directly with a bufi'er member or yoke 16 which is operatively engaged with each of the bars 12. It is thought to be self-evident that the expansible member 15 affords a means whereby the member 6 is automatically locked when in a vertical position.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a standard constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly Well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying practice.

I claim:

1. A wagon standard comprising two members pivoted together, one of said members being provided with a longitudinally disposed slot provided with a recess in one of its side walls, a brace pivoted to the second member and comprising two parallel bars having their outer ends connected with a cross member disposed through the slot out my invention in of the first named pivoted member and adapted to be seated within the recess, a yoke member contacting with the bars of the brace, and an expansible member coacting with the yoke member and constantly urging the same outwardly.

2. A wagon standard comprising members pivoted together, one of said members being cut away to afford a flange, the second member being provided with a slot provided with a recess in one of its walls, bars pivotally engaged with the flangeof the first named member at opposite sides thereof, a member connecting the outer portions of the bars and disposed through the slot of the second member and adapted to be seated within the recess, a yoke straddling the inner marginal portion of the flange and adapted for contact with the bars, and an expansible member coacting with the yoke for normally urging the same upwardly.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. BAUER.

Witnesses i R. E. MCDOWELL, WM. J. MCDOWELL.

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